First Principles
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Should the RBI limit bank CEOs?
The RBI wants to see improved governance from private banks through proposed rules that limit the roles and tenures of CEOs. But will they work?
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Cover story: Billionaire Harindarpal 'Harry' Banga's second act
Amritsar-born Banga's next coming, as founder of the Hong Kong-headquartered Caravel Group, has the makings of surpassing his three-decade-long success as a shipping and commodities tycoon
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World Environment Day: India's green conundrum
The government wants to fast-track environment clearances to promote ease of doing business, but this might cause irreversible damage to biodiversity
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If we don't have politics, we will have war: Sridhar Vembu
In a freewheeling interview with Forbes India through the Zoho Meeting app, Sridhar Vembu shares his views on a wide range of subjects, from the significance of Swadeshi and the imperative of politics, to changes in migration trends to leadership in a crisis. Edited excerpts:
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Naveen Patnaik's two decades, and counting
As Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik completes 20 years in office, the state government is scripting another chapter in a series of developmental programmes for the state, this time focusing on knowledge-based industries and manufacturing
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The contagion in India's banking sector
The Yes Bank turmoil came with a one-off solution, but newer banks will not be spared from the infectious effect. And Covid-19 will only hurt retail lending more
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Yes Bank's Rs 18,564 cr quarterly loss reveals true weakness
The bank, currently under a moratorium, sees its bad loans surge; deposit growth fall; most alarming data point is its common equity Tier 1 percentage
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'Data helps us invest beyond geographies': Anand Rajaraman of Rocketship
Rajaraman speaks to Forbes India on what pulled a quarter of their bets to India and his take on sky-high valuations
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Can Lodha tower over debt?
Abhishek Lodha's developments are finding takers and the group's profits are spurting—but so are finance costs and borrowings. Inside the next-gen scion's game plan to make his company net debt-free, well within three years
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Infosys: Whistleblowing or crying wolf?
Infosys has been no stranger to anonymous complaints, but the whistleblower mechanism may have just devolved into a tool to rock the IT services giant's boat
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Inside Naspers' big bet on India
How a single $32 million wager transformed Naspers from a traditional newspaper business in South Africa, and how the India portfolio ties in with its global tech investments